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Ice Cream Stand at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera...
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Street in Business District

Date: 1921
Description: View down middle of main street of the business district. Automobiles are parked along the curb and pedestrians are on the sidewalk.
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Harry's Food Shop

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Exterior view of Harry's Food Shop, 1122 Chandler Street, owned by Harry and Loretta Blodau. A baby buggy and a doll stroller are parked outside on the sid...
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3rd Street and North Avenue

Date: 09 25 1913
Description: Looking south on N. 3rd Street from just north of W. North Avenue. On the right is the future Rosenberg's clothing store. Automobiles are parked at the cur...
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Mothers Against the War

Date: 1966
Description: Mothers and infants at a demonstration against the war in Vietnam.
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Milwaukee Movie Set

Date: 1990
Description: Costumed actors on a Third Ward street transformed to represent the 1930s for the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger".
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Children and Adults Before Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Children in costumes stand with adults near decorated baby carriages and coaster wagons before a Fourth of July parade. One of the wagons is covered and ha...
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Zieglers Furniture Store Truck

Date: 03 22 1925
Description: Two men are unloading a wicker sofa from the back of a Model S International truck owned by Zieglers Furniture Store.
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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Herbert Brothers Furniture Truck

Date: 03 21 1925
Description: A man is loading wooden crates onto the bed of an International Model S truck owned by Herbert Brothers furniture merchants. A row of baby strollers is li...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down a retail street. Cars are parked at an angle along the curbs in front of the shops.
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Grape Boycott Picketers — Contact Sheet

Date: 1969
Description: Four frames from a contact sheet containing images of grape boycott picketers. The picketers are in front of a Krogers grocery store. In frame 34, Sandi Ut...
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Family on the Dock

Date: 1908
Description: The photographer's family poses on the dock beside the ship "Sailor Boy" of Sturgeon Bay. Clothilde Hotz holds the hand of Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy); daught...
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Sauk City Main Street

Date: 1924
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a soda shop/confectioner, with two women and a baby carriage on the sidewalk in front. Further down is a ch...
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Bank and Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: View from street towards a building housing the post office and bank, which are on the main floor at the top of a flight of steps. A datestone above one of...
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Chicago and North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the South Madison Chicago and North Western Railroad Station located next to the railroad tracks that cross Lakeside Street. In the foregr...
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Belgian Refugee Camp in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Refugee camp in Holland near Bergen op Zoom.
Poster

"This is Art" Poster

Date: 1981
Description: Poster of Art Nesson, a well-known figure on State Street. Art made his living as a window washer, dishwasher and manual laborer. He is leaning on a mailbo...
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Holt Lumber Company Truck

Date: 1936
Description: View of one of the Holt Lumber Company trucks. A tree is growing in the street next to the curb. In the foreground, from left to right: an unknown man is s...
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County Faire Shopping Center

Date: 03 28 1978
Description: A woman is pushing a stroller with an infant in it while holding clothes wrapped in plastic. She is walking down a brick paved corridor near a storefront d...

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